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SOLDIERS TO GDARD THE JAIL i FOR PRISON ER i A/NGKy MOSCLAMO-RS CHARGED WITH RAPE.- i ■US H MIEiS II ■ HI IIS sum 1 Made a Confession That Differed But Little From - That of His Accomplice. Telegraphic orders were received at Savannah, Ga., Tuesday night from Governor Candler, addressed to Cap¬ tain Middleton, of the state militia at Valdosta, and Captain Smith of Thom- asville, to “report to Sheriff Patter¬ son, at Bainbridge, with all your avail¬ able men, at onc»,” and to “act strictly under his orders.” The gov¬ ernor’s message was mandatory. It said “go at once.” The commercial wires having closed, these messages were transmitted over railroad wires from Savannah, and ar¬ rangements for were immediately made, special cars on the Plant system to take the troops. The train arrived in Bainbridge at 3 o’clock a. m. The troops were wanted to protect the sheriff and the jail against the at¬ tack of a mob that was after John Williams, a negro who is charged with assault and attempt to rape two white girls three weeks ago. Williams en- tered their room while they were asleep and had seized one of the girls by the foot when he was frightened away. CHARLES MACK LYNCHED. Charles Mack, the second of the Ogletree rapists, was lynched Tues¬ day morning at Saffold. His crime was committed in Early county, and citizens of Decatur county refused to let the mob carry the man into Bain¬ bridge, since it was desired that an innocent county should not suffer the odium of a lynching committed by cit¬ izens of another county. Mack was, threfore, taken to Saf¬ fold, the scene of his crime, in Early INGERSOLL’S FUNERAL The Services „ . Were ... Very Simple; , INo Minister or Pallbear- , ers Were Present. The funeral the late Robert G. In- gersoll „ took . , place , _ Tuesday afternoon , from Walston, Dobbs Ferry, where he died on Friday last. No clergyman was present to conduct the services; there was no music, and there were no pallbearers. The services were held at 4 o’clock, Mrs. Ingersoll sat beside her dead husband and beside her was her daughters, Mrs. Walston H. Brown, and Miss Maud Ingersoll. They were very much agitated, and wept almost continuously. Charles Broad- way Bouss, Colonel Ingersoll’s oldest friend, occupied a chair by the side of the bier. There were some forty oth- ers present, and they remained stand- ing throughout. Major O. J. Smythe, who resides in Dobbs Ferry and who was a close per¬ sonal friend of Colonel Ingersoll, then, without preliminary words, read an¬ other extract from Colonel Ingersoll’s writings entitled “My Religion.” Dr. John Elliott, of New York, read the funeral oration delivered by Colo¬ nel Ingersoll over his brother’s dead body. This concluded the short and sim¬ ple services. Nearly all present then took a parting look at the dead and passed out, Mr. Ronss arose from his chair, and, as he is totally blind, pass¬ ed his hand over the face of his de¬ parted friend and said: “Perhaps he is better now. No one can understand it.” Mrs. Ingersoll said to him: “The colonel wanted you to put your hand upon his heart,” and suit¬ ing the action to the word, she direct¬ ed his hand to the left breast of the deceased. Mr. Rouss asked what she was go¬ ing to do with the remains. “I can’t give him up,” she said. “I can’t put him in the ground. I can’t bear to think of it. We’re going to bring him back home.” A TRAGIC DROWNING. Mother, Son and a Little Girl Lose Life While Bathing. A dispatch from Waycross, Ga., says: Three persons were drowned in Satilla river Tuesday about noon while a pleasure party were bathing at a point known as “Bulls’ Bluff.”- The parties were Mrs. M. J. Mock, wife of ex-Sheriff Mock, her son, Joe Mock, aged twenty-two, and a little orphan girl, Cora Smith. L, B. Henderson, ex-deputy sheriff, and Barney McDonald, nephew of Hon. John 0. McDonald came near drowning those iu their down. efforts The to rescue bodies who went ■were recovered. BANK OFFICERS ABSCOND. As a Results Big Montreal Institution Closes Up. A sensation was caused at Montreal, Ont., Tuesday by the announcement that the Villa Marie bank, one of the oldest institutions in the city, has sus¬ pended payment. The cause assigned is defalcations on the part of the cashier, F. Lemeuix, and J. H. Herbert, the paying teller, both of whom have disappeared. The amount of the shortage is $68,000. county. When that place was reached the mob found the body of Louis Sammin, who had been lynched forty- eight hours before, still swinging to the limb on which it had been left, j Mack tree. was She recognized carried before him Mrs. at Ogle- j once, as did also her husband. Mack then made a confession to every fact except holding a pistol to Ogletree while Sammin committed his assault. ] Mack was then taken to a tree near that on which hung the body of Sammin and strung up. As he was pulled off the ground his body was riddled with bullets. A story that two uegroes were lynch- j ed and scalped in the lower part of the ! county Sunday is denied by the oher- iff- One Captured In Alabama. A special from Montgomery, Ala., states that Sheriff Reeves, of Pike ■ county, reached that city Tuesday night over the Plant system from Troy, Ala., having in custody Albert I Wright, a negro who has been posi- j '‘..’“*"'5.,“ °*T «S “ to Troy Tuesday and promptly pro- nounced him to be one of the fiends. Mr. Ogletree returned home with tho undarstanding that the negro would be sent at once to Bainbridge. The Alabama sheriff, however, slip- ped his prisoner on the Plant train and carried him to Montgomery. The negro stoutly maintains his in- noceuceof the horrible crime attrib- uted to him, but will not state his de- fense. He appears very uneasy. WORK OF CONFERENCE. Delegates At The Hague Draw Op conventions. Advices from The Hague state that the final act embodying the results of the international peace conference, af- ter enumerating the names and qnali- ficat ions of all the delegates, says: “In a series of meetings in which the above delegates participated, in- spired throughout by the desire to realize in the highest possible rneas- tire, the generous views of its august initiator, the conference has drawn up for the approval of the respective gov- ernments the series of conventions and declarations appended: “Convention for the pacific settle- ment of international concerning" disputes, | “Convention the laws I and customs of war on land, “Convention for the adoption of laws against the use of asphyxiating or deleterious gases from balloon pro- jectiles and for the prohibition of the use of bullets that easily expand in the [ j human body.” The final act contains five expres- sions of opinion, as follows: “The conference considers that lim- Rations of the military charges which at present oppress the world are great- ly to he desired for the increase of the material and moral welfare of man- kind. “The conference expressed the opinion that, the question of the rights of neutrals shou'd be inscribed, on the programme of a conference to be held at an early date. “The conference expresses the opin¬ ion that questions relative to the type and caliber of rifles and naval artillery as examined by it, should be the sub¬ ject of study by the differents govern¬ ments with a view to arriving at a un¬ iform solution by a future conference. “The conference expresses the wish that an early convention be called to review the Geneva convention. “The conference has resolved that questions relating to the inviolability of private property in war on land and the bombardment of towns or vilages in naval war, be reserved for future conferences. ” PHILPOTS TURNED LOOSE. Preliminary Trial Occurs At Manches¬ ter Without Bloodshed. A preliminary trial of George and Peter Philpot for the murder of Mor¬ ris and the Griffins was held at Man¬ chester, Ky., Monday, by Judge Wright, but none of the Griffins ap¬ peared. After hearing half a dozen or more witnesses the court dismissed the defendants. The Philpots then asked that Green Gibbs be summoned to answer for kill¬ ing Ed Fisher, but the judge said Gibbs was not able to come into court. Court then adjourned and the threat¬ ened trouble between the factions was averted. BROWN OPPOSES GOEBEL. Ex-Governor of Kentucky Willing To Enter Race Against Nominee. The announcement is made by the Louisville, Ky., Evening Post that John Young Brown, former governor of Kentucky, will accept the nomina¬ tion for governor in case it is offered to him by the convention to be held at Lexington August 2d by democrats ■who are opposed to the ticket headed by William Goebel, which was nomi¬ nated by the Louisville convention. ASSASSIN’S WORK. President Heureaux of Santo Domingo flurdered at Moca. Advices from Fort de France, Is- land of Martinique, state that General Ulysses Heureaux, president of the Dominion republic, was assassinated at Moca, Santo Domingo, Wednesday afternoon. The name of-tlie murderer is Ramon Caceros. He succeeded in making his escape, hut an energetic pursuit was nt once begun. Vice President General Weuceslao Figuereou, imme¬ diately upon the announcement of the president’s death, assumed the direc¬ tion of affairs. At present calmness prevails every- wb ei^ in the republic. A Washington dispatch says: Pend¬ ing official advices of the assassination 0 f president Heureaux, of Santo Do- m i n g 0) no formal action will be taken b y this government. Hon.William F. Powell, the minister to Hayti, is also charge d’affaires to Santo Domingo, while this government is directly rep¬ resented In the republic in the person of Campbell L. Maxwell,who is consul general, and John A. Read, who is v ; ce congub Washington officials recall attempts which have been made heretofore on the life of President Henreaux. Secre- ta ry Hay paid a brief tribute to the work of the deceased president, saying he understood that he had given the country a good administration. Should the developments of the next few days show a feeling of unrest and uncertainty regarding the future af- fairs of the island, a United States man of war will be dispatched to that vicinity to look out for the protection of American interests. tojavannah. T '°° PS E ’“" “".T" br.dge Jail. . Two companies of state militia or- dered to Bainbridge by Governor Cand- ler to prevent any further lynchings, arrived at 3 o’clock Wednesday morn- ing and were at once placed on duty around the Decatur cm^nty jail John Miller, alias Williams, the ne- gro whose life was threatened, was not lynched, and when the state troops ar- rived they found the mob had dis- P«rsed. AVednesday night the prisoner was taken to Savannah, in charge of the Thomasville gu ards, for saf e keeping. LAWYER’STRAQIC uni. DEATH. Hon. Alex Erwin, Jr., Falls From Porch And Is Killed. Hon. Alex. S. Erwin, Jr., a member of the Georgia legislature and a prom¬ inent young attorney of Athens, was found unconscious in the yard in the rear of his office at 6:30 o’clock Wed¬ nesday morning. He fell off the porch in the rear of his office, sustaing fatal injuries and dying at 12:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Alexander S. Erwin was one of the most promising young men Athens has ever produced and his death is a great loss to the state he has served. PRES1DENT SENDS REGRETS For Unfortunate Lynching at Tallulah, Louisiana. An official communication received a t Rome says that the United States secretary of state, has instructed the American embassy to assure tbo gov- eminent of Itally that the United States will adopt every legal measure warranted by the facta to insure jus- tice in tbe Tallulah affair, T he communication adds that Sec- retary Hay has expressed to the Italian charge d’affaires at Washington the regret of President McKinley for the deplorable occurrences. FOR SAFE KEEPING. One of the Ogletree Rapists Is Placed In the Atlanta Jail. Sheriff Reeves, of Pike county, Ala., reached Atlanta, Ga., Wednes¬ day afternoon with Albert Wright, one of the negroes who was identified by Mr. Ogletree as one of his assailants. The sheriff bad to slip his prisoner away. He states that when the train reached Newnan, Ga., there was a crowd at the depot looking for the ne¬ gro. They searched for him, but did not find him and permitted the train to pull out. The negro had been hid¬ den on the train and reached Atlanta, badly frightened but unhurt. ANOTHER JOB FOR EVANS? Report That Pension Commissioner Will Be Sent to Cuba. A Washington dispatch says: Fol¬ lowing a report that the president will make a change in the administration of the pension bureau, it is now re¬ ported that Mr. McKinley will ap¬ point Pension Commissioner H. Clay Evans governor general of Cuba. Mr. Evans has aroused the antago¬ nism of the old soldiers by the strict construction he has placed on the pen¬ sion laws, and it is understood if he is not removed the G. A. R., at its en¬ campment in Philadelphia, will adopt a resolution censuring the administra¬ tion for its pension policy. Fire In Prussian Town. A great fire raged at Marionburg, in w-egt Prussia, Wednesday. Forty houses were razed to the ground. The fire brigade from Dantzic and Eibing were summoned to assist in subduing the fire. Dreyfus In a Bad Way. The Petit Journal (Paris) says that Captain Dreyfus is ill with fever and that his'condition is serious. CONTINUES EXTERMINATION __ Hope of the Sam- | Members mins Gang Killed. LIST INCREASED TO Additional Particulars of Sammins’ Ex- ecution and the Finding of the Dead Bodies of Two of the Gang. A state of . terror . reigns . in _ Decatur and Early counties, Georgia, as the result of the outrage upon the Ogle- trees at Safford; the lynching of some of the f, perpetrators and the exciting B chase , of others ,, of ... the gang. The officers of the law are power- ess o t iec le my o le peop e, even if they were so disposed, as the teelim? that thp criminals have com- serving of , no sympathy, is general , Five members of the gang so ar excHin^chase is'ye't going’on'foi- 6 the associates of those who have been dis- posed of. It is said that no mistakes have been made hv those who have taken i tbe law in iheir hands for in : own ’ j ea eh instance it was known beyond all doubt that the yic tim of the mob was guilty of the crime for which he was executed. One of the captives was Charles huTband'.T ffoldl’one'holdlug 0 . j£ tol at the head of the husband to pre- 1 , . . . , " Ve ?, * e ‘ v B t r,„„ r;iv hv hite man named Cardell Cardell . , fo hj isoner through to hence secreted him . A mob of several hundred country people met . , , vb rpnboi]t of , p „ big f* rj scner He declined to say , v P v n,it »hm,t his neck he was riven ten minutes iu which to give b up * the rapist 1 or his life, „ . . ,, , T e , ^ \ ^ ere o negio was. n who confe6ged corroborati gam- min’s statement. The men, he said, were banded together for murder, rob- herv and rane Execution Dramatic. rril The presented . , at . the scene execu- tion of hammm was a dramatic one. Sammin had been completely identi- fled by both Ogletree and Mrs. Ogle- tree and had not opened his mouth in denial of the charges. He was being led to a place of execution and those about him were discussing how they would put him to death. Suddenly Sammin turned to one of his captors and asked to be allowed to have a word. He was given permission to talk, and then in an off-hand way he told how he and his comrades had en- tered the store, robbed Ogletree,made him lead the way to Mrs. Ogletree and how one had held the gun against Ogletree’s breast while his wife was at the mercy of his associate. Sammin begged for his life, promis¬ ing to take the authorities to where he could find six other members of the gang. The mob, numbering some two hun¬ dred men, were too highly incensed, and nothing but justice on the spot would quench their thirst for revenge. They at once chained him to a tree and after mutilating parts of his body he was riddled with bullets. Two Dead Near Bainbridge. Early Sunday morning the bodies of two unknown negroes were found on the Plant System railroad embank¬ ment near Bainbridge. A brig crowd congregated at the place and examined the bodies. It was believed by some that the men had been accidentally killed by a train, but others asserted that the negroeB had been hanged by a mob and their bodies placed on the track to be run over by a train to make it appear that that was the means of their death. So divided was the opinion that the coroner was summoned, and he em- panneled a jury which, after several hours of deliberation, returned a ver¬ dict that the negroes came to their death accidentaly. LYNCHING WAS DISCUSSED. Italian Representative at Washington Sees Assistant Secretary Hill. The Italian charge d’affairs, Count Vinohi, called at the state department Monday and had a talk with Mr. Hill, assistant secretary of state, concerning the Louisiana lynchings. Count Vinchi submitted nothing further from the Italian authorities and evinced satisfaction with what had been already done by the officials in Washington. Thus far there had been no suggestion that indemnity or other form of reparation would be expected, ; the representation having been con- fined to securing full information on the subject. DROWNED WHILE BATHINO. Four Young Girls Meet Tragic Death j At a Kansas Resort. Edna Curtis, Millie Detrick, promi- Inez j and Babel Neal, daughters of j nent ingTeaort* Caldwell, similes Ka8 ” , c . l *’ z ®“ 8 , | east of the city, Monday afternoon. The them girls were in be- in j j bathing, when one of went yond her depth. In an attempt to res- cue her the four were drowned. MWHER ROAST for oeneral otis This Time An English Newspaper . Man Has Kick Coming, I SAYS TRUTH IS UNKNOWN Pacts ° f Great Importance Are Being Held Back. A private letter reoeived at London Tuesday from a war correspondent at Manila and dated June 17th, says: “There seems to be no end of the war in sight. The censorship is con- gtotl „ y beooming more trou blesome. General Otis recently established a rule that any matter relating to the uavy must be taken to the commander of wards th , e fle submitted ? t f ? r A 18 to ap PJ' the oval military ’. 1 f“ d ® ft cen- ®'' 80 r, thus adding to our difficulties. “For some reason which the censor won j d no t explain, General Otis re- * used to "Dow us to send the death of ! h ' > 'r’ a, 'S k '‘ ? P " ,ln two days - y after its occurrence, lhe al ftlgo refused to allow UB t o sond news 0 f the disappearance of Captain Koek< ‘ feller ( A P ril °. u ^ lle * round that 11 .^ uld J 0 ”* his family, or of the killing of Captain , Tilley, of the signal corps, until the I next d .*J‘ The correspondents are all v ® r 7 Fired of this arrangement, which 8l ttnd “ ply run ™ large 8118 chances tbat the of y mnst getting . 8° shot 0U J severa ' t’ mes * week with no chance of making reputations because their stor ' e8 must always reflect Otis’s “ l ™ <«e quite understood by the American | papers, and we cannot write the facte ; without being accused of treason; nor can we teI1 o{ the practically unani- mous 0 PP° 8ition to aud dislike of the war among the American troops. The ™ lunte,,r8 > ° r at least a portion of them, were at f one time on the verge ot mutiny, and unless General Otis 1:111(1 b eg un sending them homeward tb ere would have been sensational de- ^P? “We 6 have ” 18 - been absolutely , refused , j| hospital figures.“ CLEVELAND FULL OF TROOPS. _ Twenty Companies Guard Property , and Citizens of Ohio Town. j ! mix Tuesday brought , . forth . ,, no new re- j ports of rioting and violence at Gieve- ! land Ohio. Rain fell during most of j the aiternoon and did what the police have been unable to do-keep the crowds from collecting and molesting cars V A. Axline, adjutant general of state troops is in command of the military and approximates the force under him at twenty companies, ag~ gregating hundred of nearly them 1,200 from men. Columbus, Four j j Newark and Chillicothe arrived Tues- j day afternoon and were distributed [ about the city at points where trouble : may occur. VIOLATE TEXAS LAW. Big Cotton Seed Oi! Firms Combining In Lone Star State. A dispatch from Austin, Texas,says: Information reached the attorney gen- eral’s office Tuesday to the seed effect that j six of the largest cotton oil mill firms in the state were being organ¬ ized into a combination to be known as the Continental Oil Company, with headquarters in New York. This com¬ bination is to have a capital stock of $ 6 , 000 , 000 . It is tbe intention of this gigautic oil trust to control the cotton seed oil output of Texas and it has been work¬ ing quietly to that end for some time. The attorney general intends to take steps at once to look into the matter, and if he can establish the fact that the trust has been formed he will take steps to dissolve it under the anti¬ trust law of the state. Virginia Dentists In Session. The thirtieth annual session of the Virginia State Dental Association opened at Old Point Comfort Tuesday with President Charles L. Steel of Richmond, in the chair and a good attendance. BLACKBURN TO MANAGE. Ex-Senator Will Take Charge of Cam¬ paign In Kentucky. A special f oin Louisville.Ky., says: Former Senator J. S. O. Blackburn has been selected by the democratic nominees and Chairman A. Y. Young, of the state central committee, to be chairman of the state campaign corn- mlttee. Mr. Blackburn has accepted the place, and is preparing to enter n p 0 n the duty of managing the pres- ent campaign, Within two weeks the campaign will be formally opened with a big meet- j n g a j Tyhich the principal speeches wd [ be made by Senator Geobel and Mr. Blackburn. IRON WORKERS STRIKE. Moulders at Chattanooga Want a Raise In Wages. Fifty iron molders in the Mountain Stove works at Chattanooga went out on strike Wednesday morning. They want higher wages and smaller hours, which the company refuses to pay. The strikers are endeavoring to get the 150 molders out of the Chatta- nooga Stove works. COMPANY MAKES OFFER. Atlanta Given Chance to Help Operate Lines. CAN PURCHASE IF NEEDED Mr. Hurt of the Atlanta Railway and Power Company Makes Startling Proposition to City. An Atlanta dispatch say»: The fol¬ lowing proposition from Joel Hurt, which plans to give Atlanta a peroent- age of the earnings of the Atlanta _ KalIwa y and j r, Power com P an y and „ j places the city where it may become at will the purchaser of the street rail- way r.iLy fiys tem, was made to the electrio J committee . meet™. Wed- neaday „ afternoon. The offer was the , crystallizing point of theday’ssensa- tionB and threw into the background every other feature of the long debat- lu , 8 aD<1 , wrangling »7er the franchise . . . fight: Atlanta, Ga., July 26, 1899.- To the Committee on Electric and Other Railways of the City of Atlanta. Gen¬ tlemen: I herewith suggest the fol¬ lowing propositions to the city gov¬ ernment which, if acceptable, I will recommend and endeavor to have promptly accepted by the Atlanta Railway and Power Company and the The recent financing of these com- panies provides for a bonded stock is- sue of 82,000,000 and a bonded in- bebtedness of §5,000,000, of which there is reserved for future extensions and improvements 8750,000. The bonds in reserve will build a new power and lighting station of snffi- cient capacity to light- the city’s streets and to supply power and lights for domestic and manufacturing pur- P os ea : I* » estimated that after building . a lighting station there will be left in reserve a large amount of bonds, which will be used for future extensions of the lines. A proper sinking fund is to be provided tor the , bond , issue. Hie bonds will •„ all , bear 5 per cent, except 8225 000 of the bonds of the old Atlanta Street Kail- road c any> which wiH bea r 6 per cen ^ j p ^ e that out of the annual earnh commencing January, ' 1900, the diviJeI , ds on the capital st ock will be the first vcar 4 cent; for the year 1901, 5 per cent and thereafter 6 r cent A1] dividendfl above p0r cent wiU fee divided one . fonrth to the stockho l d ers and three-fourths to the city for improving the streets and for public schools. The companies, acting with the city, to lay out and build all extensions of lines which may be needed, and in the event of any disagreement, the same to be determined by a commission to be established by the state legislature. I am moved to suggest this propo¬ sition by a consideration of the fact that the franchises which have been granted and have for years proven un- profitable to the owners of the street railway companies, have now grown to a value on account of the increased population of the city, which merits a consideration of the advisability of the city’s securing, if possible, a lair in¬ terest in tbe future growth of -the property, and the further considera¬ tion that the owners of ft large major¬ ity of the stock of the companies are Atlanta citizens, who will be satisfied with a reasonable return for their in¬ vestment, and who, it is believed, would be willing to so adjust these public utilities as to secure to the city great benefits in the future, which might otherwise be enjoyed by foreign investors in the stocks of the com- panies, and which could not be re¬ claimed until the expiration of the present franchises, running from forty to fifty years. It is believed further that by this method the city of Atlanta can now secure and hold in reserve the right to own the properties which may in the near future be deemed advisab e. Re- tpectfully, Joel Huht. OIL MUDDLE SUBSIDES. State Will Begin Using New Testers September 15th. There seems to be no further devel¬ opments in the oil investigation since the department of agriculture issued orders to the inspectors throughout the state. It is thought, that the Standard Oil people will readily ac¬ cede to the lines drawn by the depart¬ ment and that no further friction will occur. The New York state oil test will go into effect in Georgia after September 16th, and it is expected that the forty- one new instruments for the use of the oil inspectors will be ordered by the departme nt in a short time. . LIBERAL SUBSCRIPTIONS Given By Railroads For Coming World’s Fair at St. Louis. A St. Louis dispatch says: The largest individual subscriptions re¬ ceived for the world’s fair fund up to date was announced Monday by the Missouri Pacific railroad, which sub¬ scribes $85,000 to the $6,000,000 being raised for a stock company to manage the fair. The Burlington Bystem an- Bounces a su Inscription of $55,0ff0.